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private independent consulting busi-
ness in addition to his new responsi-
bilities at Woods Hole Group, has
more than 30 years experience in
coastal and fresh water regulatory
permitting, dredged material man-
agement and environmental assess-
ment. He has extensive experience
with the United States Army Corps
of Engineer (USACE), including
former employment at the New

England District. Mr. Bajek will be
the Senior Project Manager on

Woods Hole Group's recently
awarded USACE contract that can
extend for up to five years, with an
estimated budget of $15m.

Dr. Clark has 12 years of consult-
ing experience with environmental
and ecological industry, government
and private research organizations.

She recently consulted on natural
resources damage assessments for
marine and coastal damage from oil
spills, and also has expertise related
to assessing environmental impacts
from energy projects.. Dr. Clark also
is expert with nutrient dynamics in
coastal systems, holding a Doctor of

Philosophy in Environmental

Science and a Masters in Forest

Science from Yale University, a

Master of Science from the

University of Massachusetts, and a

Bachelor of Arts from the University
of California-Santa Cruz.

Mako DeepWater

Expands Staff

Mako Deepwater increased its
engineering and production staff in
response to a record backlog and
continued strong demand for its
intervention tooling and deck equip-
ment business lines. Tom Ayars,

Mako DeepWater's President said
"I'm appreciative for the loyal sup-
port our customers have shown us.

With their help we've been able to
defy the downward trend some com-
panies are experiencing in the oil
industry. Our intervention tooling
business gets stronger by the day and
the addition of the deck equipment
product line in Q3 2008 has proven
to be a good move for us with the
award of four projects in the last sev-
eral months. To continue providing
our clients with fast response and
reliable service, we've been pleased to
have the opportunity to expand our
staff, creating jobs in a softening
economy."
www.makodeepwater.com

Tyco Sets Subsea

Comms Mark

Tyco Telecommunications
announced the successful demon-
stration of 40Gb/s transmission over
ultra-long haul distances. The test
was conducted using dark fibers on
the existing Tata Communications

TGN-Pacific submarine cable system
that links Tokyo to multiple USA

West Coast city PoPs. The data
reportedly was carried from

Toyohashi, Japan to Los Angeles
without the need for regeneration.

The demonstration marks the next
step in the ongoing progression of
undersea cable data rates and will
ultimately enable such undersea
cable systems to carry more capacity
over existing links.

Aker Solutions Wins

Riser Contract

Aker Solutions won another con-
tract for the delivery of a deepwater
drilling riser system to Daewoo

At the meetings, the Secretary will
also hear comment from public offi-
cials, interested organizations, advo-
cacy groups and private citizens on

OCS's development. The meetings
will be held at the Atlantic City

Convention Center in Atlantic City,

New Jersey, on Monday, April 6;

Tulane University in New Orleans,

Louisiana, on Wednesday, April 8;

Dena'ina Convention Center in

Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday,

April 14; and at the University of

California-San Francisco's Mission

Bay Conference Center in San

Francisco, California, on Thursday,

April 16.

If persons cannot attend in person,
or are unable to speak at the meet-
ings, they are welcome to submit
written statements, comments or
documents, either at the meeting or
during the extended public com-
ment period. Written comments can
be either submitted at the meeting
or thereafter throughout the extend-
ed public comment period electron-
ically at www.MMS.gov, "Five Year